News Release
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 | | Nextel Communications, Inc. 2001 Edmund Halley Drive Reston, VA 20191 |
Contacts:
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Media: Audrey Schaefer (240) 876-1588
Nextel Reports Record 2002 Results
- Income of $1.66 Billion, or $1.88 per share -
- - Free Cash Flow of $122 Million; EBITDA of $3.13 Billion -
- - Retires $3.2 Billion in Debt and Preferred Securities -
- - 2002 Subscriber Additions of 1.96 Million, year-end Subscribers 10.61 Million -
- - 2003 Guidance Provided -
RESTON, Va. - February 20, 2003 — Nextel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL), today announced record financial results for 2002 including income available to common stockholders of $1.66 billion, or $1.88 per share. Revenue was $8.7 billion, a 24% increase over last year. Domestic EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was $3.13 billion in 2002, increasing by 67% over the prior year. For the fourth quarter, revenue was $2.33 billion and EBITDA was $886 million. Nextel retired approximately $3.2 billion in debt and preferred stock during 2002, including $588 million during the fourth quarter. Nextel added approximately 503,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter, bringing total subscribers to 10.61 million at year-end.
“2002 was a breakthrough year for Nextel as we grew revenues by 24%, fueled by strong customer demand of nearly 2 million new subscribers for Nextel’s differentiated wireless services,” said Tim Donahue, Nextel’s president and CEO. “More importantly, Nextel expanded its EBITDA by 67% to more than $3.1 billion and reduced capital expenditures by 22% to $1.86 billion. During 2002, Nextel produced positive earnings per share and positive free cash flow, ahead of schedule and for the first time in Nextel’s history. In 2003, Nextel will continue our smart growth strategies and make Nationwide Direct Connect™ a reality. We will also introduce an innovative voice coding technology, which we expect will double our cellular capacity and enhance voice quality - enabling Nextel to continue to provide high-quality wireless services. We expect continued excellence in 2003 and I am confident we will have another great year.”
“There should be no doubt that Nextel is capturing an increasing share of the best wireless subscribers in the highly competitive wireless marketplace,” said Tom Kelly, Nextel’s executive vice president and COO. “Nextel will continue to expand distribution channels, improve network capabilities and scale operations to further enhance our differentiation and maintain Nextel’s industry leading subscriber metrics. In 2003, customer lifecycle management will also be a key priority in order to drive world class customer satisfaction.”
Nextel’s average monthly service revenue per subscriber was approximately $70 for the full year and $69 for the fourth quarter, essentially flat with the same periods in 2001 and significantly higher than other national wireless carriers. Customer churn was approximately 2.1% for the fourth quarter of 2002 compared with 2.2% in the fourth quarter of last year.
Nextel’s net income available to common stockholders for the year was $1.66 billion or $1.88 per share and includes gains from the deconsolidation of NII Holdings and from balance sheet de-leveraging activities and other
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items. Without these items, earnings per share would have been $0.27 cents per share. (See attached reconciliation of EPS data.)
During the fourth quarter, Nextel reported income available to common stockholders of $1.46 billion, or $1.49 per share, including gains related to the retirement of debt and preferred stock totaling $35 million or $0.04 per share and a gain on the deconsolidation of NII Holdings of $1.2 billion or $1.24 per share. Net of these items, the fourth quarter net income was $209 million or $0.21 per share.
“Nextel achieved positive free cash flow of $122 million and positive full year earnings in 2002 — ahead of schedule and in what can only be described as a challenging environment,” said Paul Saleh, Nextel’s executive vice president and CFO. “Nextel increased stockholders’ equity by $3.4 billion from a deficit to more than $2.8 billion and also significantly improved its financial flexibility in 2002 by retiring $3.2 billion in debt and preferred obligations. Nextel’s de-leveraging activities in 2002 will enable the company to avoid payments of approximately $5.4 billion in principal, interest and dividends over the life of these securities. Nextel plans to build on this progress in 2003 by focusing on generating in excess of $500 million free cash flow while driving for even greater capital and operating efficiencies.”
For the quarter ended December 31, 2002, Nextel retired $588 million in principal amount of its outstanding debt and mandatorily redeemable preferred stock in exchange for approximately 28 million newly issued shares of class A common stock and approximately $154 million in cash. Nextel may from time to time as it deems appropriate enter into similar transactions, which in the aggregate may be material.
Capital expenditures for the full year of 2002 were $1.86 billion – down 22% from 2001 capital expenditures of $2.38 billion. Total minutes of use on the Nextel National Network grew by 41% in 2002 to 72.9 billion. Nextel added approximately 800 cell sites to its network, bringing the total number of sites to approximately 16,300 at year-end. During the fourth quarter, Nextel added approximately 200 cell sites and capital expenditures were $533 million, excluding capitalized interest.
2003 Guidance
Nextel’s 2003 Guidance is forward-looking and is based upon management’s current beliefs as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events and as such, should be taken in the context of the risks and uncertainties outlined in the Securities and Exchange Commission filings of Nextel Communications Inc.
| • | | Free cash flow of $500 million or more |
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| • | | Earnings per share of at least 75 cents |
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| • | | EBITDA of $3.8 billion or more |
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| • | | Capital expenditures of $1.8 billion or less |
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| • | | Net subscriber additions of 1.7 million or more |
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About Nextel
Nextel Communications, a Fortune 300 company based in Reston, Va., is a leading provider of fully-integrated wireless voice and data communications services including Nextel Direct Connect®—the long-range digital walkie-talkie feature; high quality digital cellular services; Nextel Online® wireless data content and business solutions; and two-way messaging services. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc. have built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network covering 197 of the top 200 U.S. markets. Nextel’s wireless voice and packet data communications services are available today in areas of the U.S. where approximately 240 million people live or work.
“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of the matters and subject areas discussed in this press release that are not historical or current facts deal with potential future circumstances and developments, including our future expectations concerning our financial and operating performance. The discussion of such matters and subject areas is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally, and also may materially differ from Nextel’s actual future experience involving any one or more of such matters and subject areas. Nextel has attempted to identify, in context, certain of the factors that they currently believe may cause actual future experience and results to differ from Nextel current expectations regarding the relevant matter or subject area. Such risks and uncertainties include the economic conditions in our targeted markets, performance of our technologies, timely development and delivery of new technologies, including those associated with nationwide Direct Connect and our planned upgrade to our voice coder technology, competitive conditions, market acceptance of our services, access to sufficient capital to meet operating and financing needs and those that are described from time to time in Nextel reports filed with the SEC, including Nextel’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and in its Form 10-Qs for the first, second and third quarters of 2002. This press release speaks only as of its date, and Nextel disclaims any duty to update the information herein.
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations (1)
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Operating revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Service revenues | | $ | 2,184 | | | $ | 1,765 | | | $ | 8,186 | | | $ | 6,575 | |
| Handset and accessory revenues (2) | | | 147 | | | | 117 | | | | 535 | | | | 439 | |
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| | | 2,331 | | | | 1,882 | | | | 8,721 | | | | 7,014 | |
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Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation included below) | | | 369 | | | | 345 | | | | 1,469 | | | | 1,324 | |
| Cost of handset and accessory revenues | | | 288 | | | | 325 | | | | 1,047 | | | | 1,214 | |
| Selling and marketing | | | 405 | | | | 322 | | | | 1,543 | | | | 1,252 | |
| General and administrative | | | 383 | | | | 351 | | | | 1,496 | | | | 1,323 | |
| Restructuring and impairment charges | | | — | | | | — | | | | 35 | | | | 22 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | | | 396 | | | | 415 | | | | 1,595 | | | | 1,512 | |
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Operating income | | | 490 | | | | 124 | | | | 1,536 | | | | 367 | |
Interest expense | | | (235 | ) | | | (277 | ) | | | (1,048 | ) | | | (1,139 | ) |
Interest income | | | 13 | | | | 52 | | | | 58 | | | | 230 | |
Gain on retirement of Nextel senior notes, net of debt conversion expense of $26, $0, $160 and $0 | | | 7 | | | | — | | | | 354 | | | | — | |
Gain on retirement of NII Holdings senior notes | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 469 | |
Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings (1) | | | 1,218 | | | | — | | | | 1,218 | | | | — | |
Equity in losses of NII Holdings – pre-bankruptcy emergence (1) | | | — | | | | (1,607 | ) | | | (226 | ) | | | (2,482 | ) |
Equity in earnings of NII Holdings – post-bankruptcy emergence (1) | | | 16 | | | | — | | | | 16 | | | | — | |
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates | | | (20 | ) | | | (26 | ) | | | (92 | ) | | | (95 | ) |
Change in fair value of investment | | | 1 | | | | — | | | | (37 | ) | | | — | |
Other, net | | | (1 | ) | | | (6 | ) | | | (2 | ) | | | (8 | ) |
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Income (loss) before income tax (provision) benefit | | | 1,489 | | | | (1,740 | ) | | | 1,777 | | | | (2,658 | ) |
Income tax (provision) benefit | | | (18 | ) | | | 6 | | | | (391 | ) | | | 33 | |
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Net income (loss) | | | 1,471 | | | | (1,734 | ) | | | 1,386 | | | | (2,625 | ) |
Gain on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock | | | 28 | | | | — | | | | 485 | | | | — | |
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends | | | (36 | ) | | | (61 | ) | | | (211 | ) | | | (233 | ) |
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Income (loss) available to common stockholders | | $ | 1,463 | | | $ | (1,795 | ) | | $ | 1,660 | | | $ | (2,858 | ) |
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Earnings (loss) per share | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 1.49 | | | $ | (2.25 | ) | | $ | 1.88 | | | $ | (3.67 | ) |
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| Diluted | | $ | 1.38 | | | $ | (2.25 | ) | | $ | 1.78 | | | $ | (3.67 | ) |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding(in millions) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | | 980 | | | | 798 | | | | 884 | | | | 778 | |
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| Diluted | | | 1,074 | | | | 798 | | | | 966 | | | | 778 | |
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(dollars in millions, except per share data)
Unaudited
Reconciliation of Earnings Per Share Data (1)
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| | | December 31, 2002 | | December 31, 2001 |
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Income (loss) available to common stockholders | | $ | 1,463 | | | $ | 1.49 | | | $ | (1,795 | ) | | $ | (2.25 | ) |
| Gain on retirement of senior notes, net | | | (7 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| Gain on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock | | | (28 | ) | | | (0.03 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings (1) | | | (1,218 | ) | | | (1.24 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| Equity in losses of NII Holdings – pre-bankruptcy emergence (1) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,607 | | | | 2.01 | |
| Change in fair value of investment | | | (1 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
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Adjusted income (loss) available to common stockholders | | $ | 209 | | | $ | 0.21 | | | $ | (188 | ) | | $ | (0.24 | ) |
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Income (loss) available to common stockholders | | $ | 1,660 | | | $ | 1.88 | | | $ | (2,858 | ) | | $ | (3.67 | ) |
| Restructuring and impairment charges | | | 35 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 22 | | | | 0.03 | |
| Gain on retirement of senior notes, net | | | (354 | ) | | | (0.40 | ) | | | (469 | ) | | | (0.61 | ) |
| Gain on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock | | | (485 | ) | | | (0.55 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings (1) | | | (1,218 | ) | | | (1.38 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| Equity in losses of NII Holdings – pre-bankruptcy emergence (1) | | | 226 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 2,482 | | | | 3.19 | |
| SFAS No. 142 income tax provision adjustment | | | 335 | | | | 0.38 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| Change in fair value of investment | | | 37 | | | | 0.04 | | | | — | | | | — | |
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Adjusted income (loss) available to common stockholders | | $ | 236 | | | $ | 0.27 | | | $ | (823 | ) | | $ | (1.06 | ) |
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(dollars in millions, except in Other Domestic Data section)
Unaudited
Selected Balance Sheet Data (1)
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Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | | $ | 2,686 | | | $ | 3,467 | |
Accounts and notes receivable,net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $127 and $143 | | | 1,110 | | | | 1,012 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | | | 8,918 | | | | 8,924 | |
Intangible assets, net | | | 6,607 | | | | 5,586 | |
Total assets | | | 21,484 | | | | 20,831 | |
Domestic long-term debt,including current portion | | | 12,278 | | | | 13,864 | |
Capital lease and finance obligations,including current portion(4) | | | 272 | | | | 1,001 | |
Losses in excess of investment in NII Holdings (1) | | | — | | | | 1,210 | |
Total liabilities | | | 17,623 | | | | 19,299 | |
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock | | | 1,015 | | | | 2,114 | |
Stockholders’ equity (deficit) (5) | | | 2,846 | | | | (582 | ) |
Other Domestic Data
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Handsets in service, end of period(in thousands)(6) | | | 10,612 | | | | 10,612 | | | | 10,116 | |
Net handset additions(in thousands)(6) | | | 1,956 | | | | 503 | | | | 480 | |
Average monthly billable minutes of use per handset | | | 630 | | | | 640 | | | | 650 | |
Average monthly revenue per handset/unit (ARPU) (7) | | $ | 70 | | | $ | 69 | | | $ | 71 | |
Cost per gross handset addition (CPGA) (8) | | $ | 450 | | | $ | 440 | | | $ | 460 | |
Operating cost per handset/unit (OCPU) (9) | | $ | 26 | | | $ | 24 | | | $ | 25 | |
Bad debt expense included in general and administrative expense(in millions) | | $ | 334 | | | $ | 74 | | | $ | 87 | |
Bad debt expense as a percentage of operating revenues | | | 3.8 | % | | | 3.2 | % | | | 3.8 | % |
Domestic Capital Expenditures
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Cash paid for capital expenditures, excluding capitalized interest | | $ | 1,815 | | | $ | 443 | | | $ | 356 | | | $ | 429 | | | $ | 587 | |
Changes in capital expenditures accrued or unpaid | | | 41 | | | | 90 | | | | 45 | | | | 19 | | | | (113 | ) |
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| Capital expenditures, excluding capitalized interest | | | 1,856 | | | | 533 | | | | 401 | | | | 448 | | | | 474 | |
Capitalized interest | | | 48 | | | | 12 | | | | 11 | | | | 13 | | | | 12 | |
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| | Total domestic capital expenditures | | $ | 1,904 | | | $ | 545 | | | $ | 412 | | | $ | 461 | | | $ | 486 | |
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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| Net income | | $ | 1,471 | | | $ | 1,386 | |
| | Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
| | | Depreciation and amortization | | | 396 | | | | 1,595 | |
| | | Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings | | | (1,218 | ) | | | (1,218 | ) |
| | | Change in accrued interest on short-term investments | | | (2 | ) | | | (22 | ) |
| | | Other | | | 363 | | | | 782 | |
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| | | | Net cash provided by operating activities | | | 1,010 | | | | 2,523 | |
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| Cash paid for capital expenditures, including capitalized interest | | | (455 | ) | | | (1,863 | ) |
| Payments for licenses, acquisitions and other, net of cash acquired | | | (125 | ) | | | (541 | ) |
| Net proceeds from short-term investments and other | | | 356 | | | | 168 | |
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| | | | Net cash used in investing activities | | | (224 | ) | | | (2,236 | ) |
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Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | | | |
| Purchase and retirement of debt securities and mandatorily redeemable preferred stock | | | (154 | ) | | | (843 | ) |
| Repayments under capital lease and finance obligations | | | (23 | ) | | | (100 | ) |
| Repayments under long-term credit facilities | | | (47 | ) | | | (47 | ) |
| Borrowings under long-term credit facilities | | | 47 | | | | 47 | |
| Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends | | | (19 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
| Other | | | 35 | | | | 40 | |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | | 625 | | | | (635 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | | 1,221 | | | | 2,481 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | | $ | 1,846 | | | $ | 1,846 | |
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Free Cash Flow Schedule
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EBITDA (3) | | $ | 886 | | | $ | 3,131 | |
Capital expenditures, excluding capitalized interest | | | (533 | ) | | | (1,856 | ) |
Payments for licenses, acquisitions and other | | | (125 | ) | | | (541 | ) |
Changes in working capital and other | | | 396 | | | | 113 | |
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| Unlevered free cash flow | | | 624 | | | | 847 | |
Net interest paid, including capitalized interest | | | (192 | ) | | | (706 | ) |
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends | | | (19 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
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| Free cash flow (10) | | | 413 | | | | 122 | |
Financing activities, excluding mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends | | | (142 | ) | | | (903 | ) |
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| Total change in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | | $ | 271 | | | $ | (781 | ) |
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Domestic Long-Term Debt and Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock Data
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10.65% senior redeemable discount notes due 2007, net of unamortized discount of $0 and $0 | | $ | 776 | | | $ | 20 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 756 | |
9.75% senior serial redeemable discount notes due 2007, net of unamortized discount of $8 and $0 | | | 1,093 | | | | 15 | | | | 8 | | | | 1,086 | |
4.75% convertible senior notes due 2007 | | | 284 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 284 | |
9.95% senior serial redeemable discount notes due 2008,net of unamortized discount of $50 and $16 | | | 1,351 | | | | 21 | | | | 34 | | | | 1,364 | |
12% senior serial redeemable notes due 2008, net of unamortized discount of $3 and $3 | | | 297 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 297 | |
9.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2009 | | | 1,829 | | | | 33 | | | | — | | | | 1,796 | |
5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010 | | | 724 | | | | 102 | | | | — | | | | 622 | |
9.5% senior serial redeemable notes due 2011,including a fair value hedge adjustment of $56 at September 30, 2002 and $58 at December 31, 2002 | | | 982 | | | | 36 | | | | 2* | | | | 948 | |
6% convertible senior notes due 2011 | | | 608 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 608 | |
Bank credit facility | | | 4,500 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,500 | |
Other | | | 18 | | | | 1** | | | | — | | | | 17 | |
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| Total domestic long-term debt, including current portion | | $ | 12,462 | | | | 228 | | | $ | 44 | | | $ | 12,278 | |
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13% series D exchangeable preferred stock mandatorily redeemable 2009 | | $ | 581 | | | | 110 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 471 | |
11.125% series E exchangeable preferred stock mandatorily redeemable 2010 | | | 690 | | | | 253 | | | | 17 | | | | 454 | |
Zero coupon convertible preferred stock mandatorily redeemable 2013 | | | 87 | | | | — | | | | 3 | | | | 90 | |
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| Total mandatorily redeemable preferred stock | | $ | 1,358 | | | | 363 | | | $ | 20 | | | $ | 1,015 | |
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Total retirements | | | | | | $ | 591 | | | | | | | | | |
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* Represents the non-cash increase to the fair value hedge adjustment during the quarter.
** Represents a scheduled principal payment.
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10.65% senior redeemable discount notes due 2007 | | $ | 20 | |
9.75% senior serial redeemable discount notes due 2007 | | | 15 | |
9.95% senior serial redeemable discount notes due 2008 | | | 21 | |
9.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2009 | | | 33 | |
5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010 | | | 102 | |
9.5% senior serial redeemable notes due 2011 | | | 36 | |
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| Total senior notes retirements | | | 227 | |
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13% series D exchangeable preferred stock mandatorily redeemable 2009 | | | 110 | |
11.125% series E exchangeable preferred stock mandatorily redeemable 2010 | | | 251 | |
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| Total mandatorily redeemable preferred stock retirements | | | 361 | |
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Total principal value of retirements | | $ | 588 | |
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Financial Data
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(1) | | In May 2002, NII Holdings, Inc. filed a voluntary case to restructure its obligations under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. As a result of its bankruptcy filing, we began accounting for our investment in NII Holdings using the equity method. In November 2002, NII Holdings successfully emerged from bankruptcy. All previously outstanding equity interests in NII Holdings were cancelled in the reorganization. As of December 31, 2002, we owned about 36% of the outstanding common stock of NII Holdings and accounted for our new investment in NII Holdings using the equity method. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, our 2002 results include (a) the pre-emergence results of NII Holdings through May 2002, (b) a non-cash gain recorded when NII Holdings emerged from bankruptcy consisting primarily of the reversal of equity in losses in excess of our investment in NII Holdings, and (c) our share of the post-emergence results of NII Holdings from November through December. To better facilitate your understanding of our results of operations, amounts for 2001 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation of accounting for the results of NII Holdings using the equity method. Consolidated financial statements for 2001 to be reported in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 will include NII Holdings results as originally reported in 2001. Summarized 2001 consolidated results of operations for Nextel Communications, Inc. are reported in our periodic reports as shown below for the respective periods. |
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| Operating revenues | | $ | 1,882 | | | $ | 194 | | | $ | (2 | ) | | $ | 2,074 | |
| Operating income (loss) | | | 124 | | | | (1,665 | ) | | | — | | | | (1,541 | ) |
| Loss before income tax | | | (133 | ) | | | (1,689 | ) | | | — | | | | (1,822 | ) |
| Net loss | | | (127 | ) | | | (1,564 | ) | | | (43 | ) | | | (1,734 | ) |
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For the year ended December 31, 2001 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Operating revenues | | $ | 7,014 | | | $ | 680 | | | $ | (5 | ) | | $ | 7,689 | |
| Operating income (loss) | | | 367 | | | | (2,081 | ) | | | (1 | ) | | | (1,715 | ) |
| Loss before income tax | | | (645 | ) | | | (2,583 | ) | | | 468 | | | | (2,760 | ) |
| Net loss | | | (612 | ) | | | (2,497 | ) | | | 484 | | | | (2,625 | ) |
(2) | | In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin, or SAB, No. 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements,” we recognize handset sales as revenues on a straight-line basis over 3.5 years, the estimated customer relationship period. Costs of handset sales are recognized over the same period in amounts equivalent to the revenues recognized from the handset sales. The handset costs in excess of the revenues (handset subsidies) generated from handset sales are expensed immediately as these amounts exceed our minimum contractual revenues. The following is a summary of handset and accessory revenues. |
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Current period handset and accessory sales | | $ | 247 | | | $ | 132 | | | $ | 892 | | | $ | 484 | |
Net effect of SAB No. 101 handset deferrals | | | (100 | ) | | | (15 | ) | | | (357 | ) | | | (45 | ) |
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| Handset and accessory revenues | | $ | 147 | | | $ | 117 | | | $ | 535 | | | $ | 439 | |
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(3) | | EBITDA, represents domestic operating income before depreciation and amortization expense. EBITDA is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and may not be similar to EBITDA measures of other companies. EBITDA also is a measure commonly used by analysts, investors and other interested parties in the telecommunications industry. We believe EBITDA is a primary measure of operating performance and that growth in EBITDA is an indicator of future profitability, especially in a capital intensive industry, such as wireless telecommunications. |
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Operating income (loss) (1) | | $ | 490 | | | $ | (1,541 | ) | | $ | 1,536 | | | $ | (1,715 | ) |
Depreciation and amortization (1) | | | 396 | | | | 415 | | | | 1,595 | | | | 1,512 | |
NII Holdings operating loss | | | — | | | | 1,665 | | | | — | | | | 2,081 | |
Intercompany eliminations | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1 | |
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Domestic EBITDA (1) | | $ | 886 | | | $ | 539 | | | $ | 3,131 | | | $ | 1,879 | |
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(4) | | In December 2002, we sold our equity investment in SpectraSite Holdings, Inc., a tower provider for some of our cell sites. As a result, our related sale leaseback transactions with SpectraSite, previously accounted for by the financing method, are accounted for as operating leases. Accordingly, our financing obligation has been reduced by $655 million. |
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(5) | | The following table details the changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) from December 31, 2001 to December 31, 2002. |
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Balance, December 31, 2001 | | $ | (582 | ) |
| Income available to common stockholders | | | 1,660 | |
| Exchange of debt securities for common stock | | | 867 | |
| Exchange of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock for common stock | | | 601 | |
| Cumulative translation adjustment | | | 228 | |
| Common stock issued under equity plans | | | 49 | |
| Other | | | 23 | |
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Balance, December 31, 2002 | | $ | 2,846 | |
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(6) | | Net handset additions represent gross handsets activated during the period less handsets deactivated and does not include handsets attributable to test markets, such as the Boost Mobile program. These net handset additions reflect a customer churn rate of approximately 2.1% for the fourth quarter of 2002. The customer churn rate is an indicator of customer retention and represents the monthly percentage of the customer base that disconnects from service. Customer churn is calculated by dividing the number of handsets disconnected from commercial service during the period by the average number of handsets in commercial service during the period. Churn is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and may not be similar to churn calculations of other companies. |
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(7) | | Average monthly revenue per handset/unit in service, or ARPU, is an industry term that measures service revenues per month from our customers divided by the weighted average number of handsets in commercial service during that month, excluding the impact of test markets such as the Boost Mobile program. ARPU is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and may not be similar to ARPU measures of other companies. |
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(8) | | Cost per gross handset addition, or CPGA, is an industry term that measures the cost of acquiring a new customer. CPGA represents sales, marketing and advertising costs and handset subsidies (which includes order fulfillment costs) divided by the total number of handsets activated during the period. CPGA excludes the effect of handsets activated for upgrade and customer retention purposes as well as handsets activated in test markets such as the Boost Mobile program. CPGA is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and may not be similar to CPGA measures of other companies. |
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(9) | | Operating cost per handset/unit, or OCPU, represents cost of service and general and administrative costs (excluding costs related to test markets such as the Boost Mobile program) divided by average handsets in commercial service during the period. OCPU is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and may not be similar to OCPU measures of other companies. |
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(10) | | Free cash flow can be reconciled to our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as follows: |
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Net cash provided by operating activities | | $ | 1,010 | | | $ | 2,523 | |
| Change in accrued interest on short-term investments | | | 2 | | | | 22 | |
Net cash used in investing activities | | | (224 | ) | | | (2,236 | ) |
Net proceeds from short-term investments and other | | | (356 | ) | | | (168 | ) |
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends | | | (19 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
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| | Free cash flow | | $ | 413 | | | $ | 122 | |
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